The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-31
OXYGEN and NITROGEN
As Therapeutic Age nts in the;Treat-
ment Of Pulmonary and other
Chronic Diseases.

III use OfOxygen and nitrogen gas In advanced
therapeutics is no longer an experiment.
knowing there exists demand on the part Of
the profession Tor "A preparation OF oxygen that
has real therpeutical merit, would respectfully
call your attention 70 Walion's Oxygen and
Nitrogen Compound.
Before stating what Oxygen compound is in
order 10 have the matter properly understood it
Is necessary for me 10 state that It is not Com
pound oxygen
During the .ast few years the papers and Jour
nGh, secular, religious and scientific, al over
the country, have compound oxygen, Ia which IL
j. auded as The great specific for all the ills Of
man.
The extensive sale Of the oxygen home treat
ment and astonishing claims made for Il have
induced many chemists and physicians % inquire
into it, alleged virtues. anl deter..ine the ingre-
dents which compose IL. The formula of both
the home ana office treatment have been pub
lished In various journals Boston Journal OF
Chemistry, Medical Record, The Health Record
and Others)
"Dr; wallian, who has carefully investigated
the subject says: Some enterprising but unscrup.
ulOus pTetenders discovered In this gas the
sO-called oXygenized air which some years ago
was so extensively advertised rs cure-ell.
'klghts 10 manufacture ana administer IL % were
sold for round sum. tho process of generating IL
being bunglingly disguised by the addition Of
ferric carbonate or other inert coloring material
% the ammonium nitrate used. Even 10 this day
a firm in Philadelphia Is stll harping on the
miraculous alchemy Of COMPOUND Oxygen Home
Treatment which is "A bare faced swindle being
nothing more than weak solution OfammOniun
muriatc and St CrOix rum, (SOme adding also
chlOrate OF pOtash) IL must be admitted, that
I'm connection with some wholesome n ygiCnio
rules pcrsistenty inculcated by these advertising
professional outlaws have performed some the.
raupeuuc as wel as moral wonders by It's aid"
Advantage Is taken Of the fact that the people
are tired of being druggcd and the apparatus
which Is sent 20 their patients being more tangi-
BILE than dose OF medicine is sure 90 prodnce at
least two results one OF which j. 10 inspire the
patient with hope the other that IL gives the
patient something 20 do; in other words il keens
the mind employed.
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/. There Is no such thing as compound oxygen
z. lhat the handling OF the substance bearing
TINS ntmo has been confined almost entirely 20
persons without any knowledge OF medicine or
other qualifications requisite 10 the adminstra-
tsOn OF such an agent
3, That the formula has been retained as n
secret which was only made known for pecuniary
considerations
4. That it has been advertised in an unpro.
iesslonal not to say unprinciplcd, manner.
Wanons oxygen and Nitrogen COMPOUND Is
! composed OF two atoms Of oxygen and one OF
nitrogen. Either of these elements, when used
separately, are without special thcrapeutical
merit III certainly was never intended by ma
ture that we should uso pure oxygen alone IL
u too powerful an OXidizing agent and the ther-
apeuticul results obtained by it, use have never
been as satisfactory when used singly. a. when
combined with a certain equivalent OF nitrogen
The two elements, however. when combined IN
these proportions produce a compound uf sinpn
In" therapeutic merit.
IL is an established fact that oxygen Is the most
PERI CT antiscptic knOwil for in an atmosphere of
II piece OF decaying vegetable or animal
matter is placed in bell glass containing an at
mosphere of oxygen the p ocess of decay be-
comes speedily arrested. Hence its Applicability
in disease affecting the respiratory organs
This Compound not only acts as an antseptic
but So acts on the respiratory muscles as 70 com.
pei the patient to breathe properly. In fact there
are but few persons who breathe as they should
Many authors claim that imperfect breathing Is
cause OF large percentage Of bronchial trou.
bles. Residual air remaining over from one in
spiraton 20 another excites irritation subsequent
Inflammation, which becomes a prolific field for
the development Of disease germs.
The Compound compels the patient TO take
deep inspirations, thus eXpelling all residue air
When once the disease has been established
either from imperfect aCratiOn or whatever cause
believe the Oxygen and Nitrogen Compound
because OF It's antseptic qualities win arrest the
development Of disease aud render tho soil bar.
rcn for germ growth. 1.-THE BACILLUS TUBERCU.
LosIs Is the essential factor in the Development
OF phthisis. then we have in this agent an eni-
cient germicide and an autdote.